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Show •*16 MR. E. A. SMITH ON SHELLS [Mar. 1, PUPINA ADAMSIANA, Crosse, Journ. de Conch. 1871, p. 330 ; 1872, p. 60, pl. 2. fig. 6. "Vanua Levu." (Crosse.) Mr. Crosse cites the locality on the authority of a London dealer. The species is closely allied to if not identical with Hargravesia polita, a Solomon-Island species. HELICINA LENS, Lea, Observ. i. p. 161, pl. 19. fig. 56. " Feejee Islands." (Lea.) Perhaps a unicoloured variety of H. fulgora, Gld. HELIX LEUCOLENA, Crosse, Journ. de Conch. 1867, p. 447 ; 1868, p. 171, pl. 6. fig. 6. " Vanua Levu, Viti." (Crosse.) Mr. Crosse, who obtained the type specimen from a London dealer, was informed it came from Vanua Levu. The type is foreign to the group. HELIX SEMIRUFA, Albers, Die Hel. p. 106. " Habitat in insulis Fidschi." (Albers.) Most certainly foreign to the group. PARTULA TCENIATA, Morch, is wrongly assigned to the Viti Islands. It is peculiar to Moorea, one of the Society Islands. PARTULA ALABASTRINA, Pfeiffer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S56, p. 39. Solomon Isles (Pfeiffer) ; Fiji Islands (Hartmann). PARTULA COMPRESSA, Pfeiffer (Bulimus), Zeitschr. f. Malak. 1850, p. 7^>. Fiji Islands (Hartmann). 5. Notes on a small Collection of Shells from the Loo Choo Islands. By E D G A R A. SMITH. [Eeceived February 10, 1887.] Among the valuable collections made at the Loo Choo Islands Mr. H. Pryer were a few shells, which he has liberally presented to the British Museum. As five out of the nine species are represented by fairly large series of specimens, I have been enabled to make a few observations on the variations they present. These may be of some use if they tend to prevent the multiplication of species which eventually have to be regarded merely as varieties. The specimens were obtained, I believe, from the largest island of the group, the name of which is variously written Loo Choo, Lu-Tschu, Lu Chu, Liew Kiew, and Riu Kiu. 1. HELIX DESPECTA, Gray. This species, also H. ravida, Benson, H. redfieldi, H. sieboldiana, both of Pfeiffer, and H. assimilis, H. Adams, are all very much alike, and might well be considered varieties of one and the same |